Is there a way to lock a category so only admins can post into it? I’d rather it didn’t look any different to the other categories, it would just be amazing if it could not appear in the dropdown selection for users to choose.
Not sure if this is possible, but thought I’d ask anyway!
Yes, @JamesNorth is absolutely right - but you can do this for any group you want so if the ‘admins’ you are talking about is a broader range of members than those who have full admin rights, then it is still simple enough:
Create a Group for your ‘admin group’
Make that group not visible to anyone, and not one they can join or leave (so you can manage it)
Add members into that group
save it
Create your category for conversations you want to have only visible to this admin group
in the security settings (as per James’ comment) you give only members of this group the rights to create/reply/see this content
post away secretly to your heart’s content
I’ve used this not just for admins but for private groups, and for notifying selections of members about content